The devil to pay; or, The wives metamorphos'd. An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. With the musick prefix'd to each song

by: Coffey, Charles, d. 1745; Mottley, John, 1692-1750; Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758; Jevon, Thomas, 1652-1688

Publication date: 1732

Topics: Operas -- Librettos -- 18th century

Publisher: London : J. Watts

Collection: riceuniversity; americana

Digitizing sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

Contributor: Rice University, Fondren Library

Language: English

[8], 31 p. : front. ; 21 cm. With music (melodies of the songs, unaccompanied. One act. Dedication signed by the author, Charles Coffey. John Mottley is said to have collaborated, and Theophilus Cibber to have been responsible for this reduction of the original three acts to one. Based on Thomas Jevon's "The devil of a wife", 1686. This item is from the Stockton Axson Collection of 18th Century British Drama, Woodson Research Center, Rice University.

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